September 08, 2003

Relative vs. Absolute URLs - Brainstorms and Raves

One day, I will be able to blog with significant content like " Relative vs. Absolute URLs " at Brainstorms and Raves.

As a user of Movable Type, I'll admit, I haven't even thought about file size issues with using absolute URLs as compared to relative URLs.

What's the difference?

Something like this...
Absolute URL : http://www.inthefaith.com/blog/archives/000476.php

Relative URL:
000476.php

The difference is 39 bytes. Just altering only one link. With the number of links that MT generates, at the cost of 39 bytes per link, this technique can bandwidth. Saving bandwidth saves download times and $$$.

Posted by akvalley at September 8, 2003 10:01 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Hi, Thanks for the link and the ping earlier this week!

Regarding the relative URL, yours would most likely be this:
/blog/archives/000476.php

rather than this:
/000476.php

because this plugin provides the root-relative URL. Root-relative means relative to the root of your server. The articles that I linked to in my post explain all that in more detail if needed.

Thanks again!

Posted by: Shirley Kaiser at September 13, 2003 04:56 PM